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Download this page in PDF format Last week I was in Brussels at the Copernicus Ecosystem Workshop 2018 which took place on the 9th and 10th October at the Docks Dome; an architecturally interesting building located on top of the … Continue reading →

Download this page in PDF format This week weâ€™re looking at this yearâ€™s key trends in Earth Observation (EO) that you need to know. Rise of the Data Buckets! EO data is big! Anyone who has tried to process EO … Continue reading →

Download this page in PDF format UK companies involved in European Commission space programmes face an uncertain future according to media reports over the last week. The Financial Times reported that the European Commission wanted two key clauses in the … Continue reading →

Download this page in PDF format Sentinel-2B wasÂ launched at 01:49 GMT on the 7th March from Europeâ€™s Spaceport in French Guiana. Itâ€™s the second of a constellation of optical satellites which are part of the European Commissionâ€™s Copernicus Programme. Its … Continue reading →

Download this page in PDF format A Space Strategy for Europe was issued last week by the European Commission (EC), based around four strategic goals. Maximising the Benefits of Space for Society and the European Union (EU) Economy Fostering a … Continue reading →

Download this page in PDF format There was beÂ a significant milestone achieved for the European Commissionâ€™s Copernicus Programme with the launch of the Sentinel-1B satellite. ItÂ was the fourth satellite launched,Â and will complete the first of the planned constellations as the … Continue reading →

Download this page in PDF format One of satellite remote sensingâ€™s greatest strengths is the archive of historical data available, allowing researchers to analyse how areas change over years or even decades â€“ for example, Landsat data has a forty … Continue reading →

Download this page in PDF format At 17.57 GMT yesterday (16th February 2016) Sentinel-3 set sail from the Plesetsk Space Centre in Russia, heading for its 814 km sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. Like all the other Sentinel launches, we were … Continue reading →